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Trump administration must restart SNAP benefits by...

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2025/11/01

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Saturday issued a written order saying there is “no question” that U.S. Department of Agriculture contingency funds must be used to provide food assistance for 42 million Americans during the government shutdown. Rhode Island U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had said during a Friday hearing he […]

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Embattled North Carolina Rep. Cecil Brockman resigns...

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2025/10/31

Barely an hour after N.C. House leaders took steps toward expelling him from the legislature, Guilford County Rep. Cecil Brockman submitted notice of his resignation. Brockman, 41, was arrested and charged October 8 with multiple felony sex offenses with a minor. Calls for his resignation came quickly from his own Democratic party as well as […]

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NC’s 1 million ACA enrollees set to see higher health...

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2025/10/31

North Carolinians who plan to buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace are set to see significant cost hikes as the open enrollment period begins Nov. 1. That increase could soon be twofold. Providers are raising premiums by an average of 28.6% in North Carolina, and the tax credits that significantly lower costs […]

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NC pension trustees hear pleas for cost-of-living...

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2025/10/31

Pat Hurley Thornburg, a former state legislator from Randolph County, wants state government retirees to get cost-of-living adjustments, often called COLAs. As a member of the boards that make recommendations on state and local government pensions, she’s in a position to push for them. Thornburg came to the trustees meeting Thursday prepared with a chart […]

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Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP...

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2025/10/31

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Boston ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pause a food assistance program for 42 million people was illegal — but gave the Trump administration until Monday to respond to her finding before she decides on a motion to force the benefits be paid despite the […]

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As shutdown continues and SNAP runs out, North...

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2025/10/31

Inside the Urban Ministries of Wake County’s food pantry on Thursday morning, volunteers slid boxes of pasta and cans of vegetables into brown paper bags, the day’s rations for families waiting outside in a line of cars that wrapped around the building. Outside, pantry manager Jerry Leslie moved from car to car with a clipboard, […]

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Some Head Start programs in North Carolina poised to...

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2025/10/31

At least some Head Start programs around North Carolina will close their doors at the start of November as federal funding comes to a halt due to the government shutdown. The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, aimed at providing early education for the children of migrant farmworkers, is set to temporarily lay off 258 […]

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NC food banks will get $18 million in donations ahead...

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2025/10/30

The state of North Carolina and a coalition of businesses and groups are donating almost $18 million to the state’s food banks, Gov. Josh Stein’s office said Thursday, as they prepare for a surge of need due to a pause in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. The state will grant $10 […]

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Federal judges allow NC redistricting opponents to...

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2025/10/30

The federal three-judge panel considering a North Carolina redistricting lawsuit will allow election district critics to update their complaints to include the new 1st Congressional District. Two groups who sued over congressional and legislative districts two years ago asked the federal judges to allow them to amend their complaints to include the new 1st District, […]

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Seeking better options for NC economic development

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2025/10/30

In 2014, the North Carolina General Assembly commissioned a report that came to a stark conclusion: the state should discontinue the use of its economic distress tiers. The tiers fail to accurately capture economic distress, the report said. The system isn’t working for struggling communities. A decade later, the system has only become more entrenched, […]

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Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs

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2025/10/30

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit. States cannot lower drug prices directly, but they can go after different parts of the drug supply chain to try to lower patients’ out-of-pocket […]

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Rural NC legal aid offices close after General...

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2025/10/30

For 40 years, the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts program has funded legal assistance for low-income North Carolinians. That money is now grinding to a halt over Republican accusations of bias toward progressive groups in the program’s grant awarding process. The General Assembly voted in June to bar the awarding of new IOLTA grants from […]

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Local leaders rush to help, but can’t fill massive...

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2025/10/29

There’s no way his local government can fill the void created by a disruption in the federal food stamp program, but local official Gregg Wright says his Minnesota county had to do something. “This is pretty much a crisis for families,” said Wright, a member of the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners. Last week, the […]

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Looming SNAP pause will impact 1.4M North Carolinians...

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2025/10/29

The SNAP federal food assistance program helps feed a total of 1.4 million North Carolinians. They will all stop receiving benefits this week, when the federal government halts payment amid a continuing shutdown in Washington. Every county in North Carolina will feel the effects, but counties with the most enrollees may not experience the largest […]

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Flawed economic distress tier system not opening...

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2025/10/29

North Carolina’s system of targeted economic development — economic distress tiers — was designed to distribute a tax credit that no longer exists. Today, the system persists, and various state agencies and nongovernmental organizations continually apply it in ways the original designers never could have anticipated, influencing economic growth in many parts of North Carolina, […]

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New furniture tariffs ripple through North Carolina’s...

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2025/10/29

The U.S. began charging a 10% tariff on foreign softwood lumber and timber, and a 25% tariff on kitchen cabinets, vanities and upholstered wooden furniture on Oct. 14.

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US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on...

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2025/10/29

WASHINGTON — Five Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats Tuesday to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency that triggered steep tariffs on goods from Brazil. The vote came ahead of a major case before the Supreme Court that could decide whether many of the president’s tariffs violate the Constitution. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of […]

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Judge blocks Trump shutdown layoffs, citing political...

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2025/10/28

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration cannot carry out layoffs that it announced after the government shutdown began Oct. 1 and is barred from issuing any new layoff notices under a court order issued Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said at the end of an hour-long hearing in the Northern District of California she granted […]

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A second legal challenge to North Carolina’s...

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2025/10/28

Another set of GOP redistricting opponents want to update their federal lawsuit to include North Carolina’s redrawn 1st Congressional District. Republicans in the legislature last week redrew boundaries for two of North Carolina’s 14 congressional districts — the 1st District and the 3rd District — to create another GOP seat at the behest of President […]

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NC attorney general joins states suing Trump...

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2025/10/28

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued the Trump administration Tuesday, seeking to force continued funding for food assistance ahead of an expected pause in benefits Friday. Jackson, a Democrat, filed suit in Massachusetts alongside a coalition of Democratic-led states against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Management and Budget. Their suit […]

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